Challenges in Information and Cybersecurity program offering at Higher Education Institutions

11 pages•Published: October 25, 2019

Seapei Nozimbali Mogoane and Salah Kabanda

Abstract

This study examines the role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in addressing cybersecurity challenges, in the wake of a prominent shortage of skills, specifically those related to information and cybersecurity professionals. Using qualitative semi structured interviews, the study sought to identify the factors influencing the offering of an information and cybersecurity curriculum at HEIs. The findings show that internal influencing factors were top management and individual academic’s awareness of information and cybersecurity, internal expertise, offering the program only at postgraduate level, and the workload and bureaucracy associated with having the program. External factors perceived to influence information and cybersecurity curriculum at HEIs include pressure from industry and stakeholders as well as institutional bodies that help shape curriculum development.

Keyphrases: cyber security, higher education institutions, information security, skills and training

In: Kennedy Njenga (editor). Proceedings of 4th International Conference on the Internet, Cyber Security and Information Systems 2019, vol 12, pages 202-212.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/DBbn
	https://doi.org/10.29007/nptx

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ICICIS2019:Challenges_Information_Cybersecurity_program,
  author    = {Seapei Nozimbali Mogoane and Salah Kabanda},
  title     = {Challenges in Information and Cybersecurity program offering at Higher Education Institutions},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of 4th  International Conference on the Internet, Cyber Security and Information Systems 2019},
  editor    = {Kennedy Njenga},
  series    = {Kalpa Publications in Computing},
  volume    = {12},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2515-1762},
  url       = {/publications/paper/DBbn},
  doi       = {10.29007/nptx},
  pages     = {202-212},
  year      = {2019}}

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